Holy Terrors

by Lincoln, Bruce

• ISBN13: 9780226482033
• ISBN10: 0226482030
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-06-15
• Publisher: Univ of Chicago Pr

Summary

It is tempting to regard the perpetrators of the September 11th terrorist attacks as evil incarnate. But their motives, as Bruce Lincoln's acclaimed Holy Terrors makes clear, were profoundly and intensely religious. Thus what we need after the events of 9/11, Lincoln argues, is greater clarity about what we take religion to be.

Author Biography

Bruce Lincoln is the Caroline E. Haskell Professor of the History of Religions at the University of Chicago, where he is an associate at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies. He is the author of eight books, including Theorizing Myth: Narrative, Ideology, and Scholarship, which received an award in 2000 from the American Academy of Religion for Excellence in the Study of Religion.

Table of Contents

Preface to the Second Edition	ix
Preface	xi
The Study of Religion in the Current Political Moment	1	(18)
Symmetric Dualisms: Bush and bin Laden on October 7	19	(14)
Jihads, Jeremiads, and the Enemy Within	33	(18)
On the Relation of Religion and Culture	51	(11)
Religious Conflict and the Postcolonial State	62	(15)
Religion, Rebellion, Revolution	77	(16)
Theses on Religion and Violence	93	(4)
Appendix A Final Instructions to the Hijackers of September 11, Found in the Luggage of Mohamed Atta and Two Other Copies	97	(6)
Appendix B George W. Bush, Address to the Nation, October 7, 2001	103	(3)
Appendix C Osama bin Laden, Videotaped Address, October 7, 2001	106	(2)
Appendix D Transcript of Pat Robertson's Interview with Jerry Falwell Broadcast on the 700 Club, September 13, 2001	108	(5)
Notes	113	(30)
Index	143